Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

395 reviews

errie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

btorsi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this was a weird one! the writing gave it a great atmosphere and i did genuinely like the ending, which i didn't see coming. it kept my interest all the way through and was generally a fun read! my critique is that the first 200 pages all felt like exposition and like it was building up to the actual plot, rather than being the actual plot. but the last third of the book was so fun! i wish vivi and grey were more fleshed out as characters, but i didn't expect to love iris and tyler as much as i did! overall, it was fun and worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Blood

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

twiggykiwi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror

zsnails99's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

katwhiskerz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Evil evil evil. This book is so evil. Yes, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed reading from the confused, loyal, and empathetic perspective of Iris, especially when in contrast to her sharp, dangerous older sister, Grey. I heavily enjoyed the mystery of this book and liked how the author didn't try to pull one over on the audience, but rather delivered on the clues that she was setting up. I wish this book was longer and that both Tyler and Vivi had more central roles in the story, though it was nice to see how Vivi had changed in the end. Definitely the happiest ending we could have gotten, but the hopeful part of me was still left feeling a bit deflated. The horror-lover in me adored this story though, for all its gruesome parts.

RIP to Tyler, you were a fun character I wasn't expecting to love. Also I wonder if there is going to be second book because I can definitely see that happening with the interesting romantic tension between Iris and Tyler. Why didn't he pull away? How can she bring him back?

Definitely read if you have a sister and/or love the macabre. Excellent body horror, but be warned: you will be disgusted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Stalking

witchvial's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

obsydian's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

fanni_ambr_'s review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Vomit, and Abandonment

moogblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

The Americanisms in the first few chapters of the book were distracting and should have been caught during the edit of a book set in England with English characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder